Parental Influence On Adolescents Sexual Behaviour In Ibadan North Local Government Area Of Oyo State, Nigeria

Parental influence in matters concerning adolescent sexual behaviour is concerned with giving adolescents proper upbringing to enable them contribute their own quota to the development of the society. The present behaviour of adolescents in relation to their sexual behaviour calls for concern and all hands must be on deck to salvage the situation. It is against this background that this study examined parental influence on adolescents ’ sexual behaviour in Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research design and multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select the three hundred respondents. A self constructed and validated questionnaire tagged Adolescent Sexual Behaviour Scale (ASBS) was used for data collection. The reliability coefficient of 0.82 was obtained for the instrument using pearson-moment correlation formular. The instrument was complimented with oral interview to elicit information from the students sampled for the study. Five research hypotheses were postulated and tested at 0.05 level of significant. Data collection were analysed using frequency count, percentages, and chi-square. The result showed that there was a significant relationship between parental care and adolescent sexual behaviour (X = 17.82, DF 123, P < 0.05). The study concluded that parental influence contributed significantly to adolescent sexual behaviour. The study therefore recommended that parents should provide for their children at the adolescent stage; Parents should be more democratic in dealing with their adolescent children; and that Parents and the society must work hand in hand to help the adolescents